Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-04-01
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OH,
VERY badly-all OF us. Tom has
lost his situation"
"Ah, sohl Well, we must find hin,
another one. And my old friend Mees
kate-how is she?"
'She is tolerably well; that is, she's
not strong and works too hard"
"Ver sorry; yer sad;" said the Ger
man, but his face did not betoken any
very great grief at the intelligence.
A little more conversation passed
between the two men and then they
parted. Thompson giving his wealthy
friend his new address, and the latter
assuring him that he would do his
best to find berth for "Mr. Tom, y
and that he would write or call as
soon as he had any good news to
communicate. The old man went
| home inclined to think that the bank
er was, after all, "a good sort" and
congratulated himself on having found
friend in his time OF need.
week had hardly elapsed from the
time OF this fortunate meeting, when
the banker presented himself
at No, 80 Battenberg Terrace,
Upper Holloway. Ka5e's cheeks
flushed as she gave him her hand, and
the German thought land rightly
that she looked quite as beautiful in
her cheap merino frock and imitation
lace collar as she had done in an expen-
| sivecostume in the days OF herfather $
prosperity
He said very little to her, turning
his attention chiefly to her father
He was the bearer of good news lie
had used his influence successfully
| with a gentleman whom he knew-a
| director of an Indian Tea Company
and he was able to offer Tom q post
on a tea plantation in India 1t
| was not very much, but better
than nothing, perhaps--and it was
Ii beginning. OF cource the offer
was q atefullyaccepted on behalf OF the
young man, who happened to he out
| that evening; and after O. somewhat
/ prolonged stay in the shabby little sit
ting-room. the banker took his depart
ure. There was something in his man
ner composed as it was, as
he shook hands with Kate, and told
the girl that he had not forgotten the
events OF the previous year-that he
vas still in heart her lover
After this Mr.. Brandt became a
| pretty frequent visitor at Battenberg
Terrace, and III various ways he con-
trived to make himself agreeable to
| the disconsolate family. Thompson
| happened to be q member OF the Hon
| orabe Company OF Buckle Makers A
| friend OF Brandt's, who was O. master
| Buckle Maker, represented his case to
the board AID, after u little delay, the
decayed merchant found himself q
neutrality-suspicious. of the company
with an annuity OF fifty guineas. Sew
| eral times it happened that dramatic
| critics, or managers, friends of Mr..
Brandt, presented him with box tick
cts Tor various theatres, and on these
occasions Mr.. Brandt always insisted
that his good friends the Thompsons
should be present at the entertain
| ment. Hates little sisters were made
happy by Christmas presents far ex-
ceedlng their utmost expectations.
BY degrees the German regained q
friendly footing in the family circle.
and yet he could not be sure that
Kate regarded him with mere
favor than she formerly did. She
was always polite to him, but
always cold and distant. In spite
OF this, the German determined to de-
lay no longer lie was madly in love
with her--a hundred times more in
love than he had been when he pro
posed to her th first time And he
thought that in spite of the girls cold
ness he had now good prospects OF
success.
This time he said nothing to her
father. He watched his opportunity
when the old man was out of the way,
and pleaded his cause earnestly, but
respectfully enough. He said nothing
about the strength of his passion; he
did not refer in any way to his previ-
Gus offer. Nor did he allude to the
benefits he had conferred upon the
family. He limited that he could offer
her II home that would be more than
comfortable, and that by accepting
him she would be acting the part OF
q good daughter and securing her sis
tsrs' future.
Kate heard him to the end, looking
him straight in the face all the time.
The German did not like that
straightforward gaze; 1t looked us if
the girl had not forgotten the past,
and meant TO reject him. but he bore
1t untiinchingiy and waited for his
answer,
At length it came-she accepted
HIM
The German could hardly suppress
a cry OF eXultation as he sprang to
his feet and approached the beautiful
girl who had just promised to be his
wife.